Barbara Imhof of WIA-E moderated the event where main astronaut voices from the US, Canada, Europe and Japan talked about the importance of getting more women involved in the aerospace sector and about delivering sustainable support into top positions. Simona di Pippo, honorary president and co-founder of WIA-E, explained why she founded WIA-E. Annamaria Nassisi, representing the WIA-E lunch sponsor, held an igniting speech and demonstrated how a large European corporation, like Thales Alenia Space, can support the gender balance and the inclusion of female professionals on all levels.

Soichi Noguchi thanked WIA-E for supporting with their corporate member Thales Alenia Space this lunch; after the conversation with key figures of WIA-E and astronauts Susan Helms, Chris Hadfield and Mike Finck personally thanked WIA-E and TAS for their contribution to a gender balanced work environment and the event at the ASE conference.